Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) 1995 No. 169
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 169
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985
Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment)
Section 9 of the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe establishment classifications and rates of charge imposed by the Act.
The purpose of the proposed Export Inspection and Meat Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) is to add an additional establishment classification and charge. The classification sets a common rate of charge for establishments owned by, or part of, a corporation or co-operative which exported less than 2,000 tonnes of dairy produce in the previous financial year.
The establishment registration charges are part of the mix of charges agreed by industry to recover the costs of providing export inspection services.
Establishments owned by, or part of, a corporation or co-operative which exported greater than 2,000 tonnes of dairy produce in the previous financial year are categorised under Item number 10A in the Schedule. Dairy produce establishments have been omitted from other classifications in the Schedule.
As requested by industry, dairy processing establishments are now itemised into two registration categories only. In the past, dairy processing establishments were itemised into four categories aling with fish, processed fruit and processed vegetable export establishments.
Details of the proposed Regulations as follows:
Regulation 1 - Commencement
Subregulation 1.1 provides for the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment) to commence on 1 July 1995.
Regulation 2 -Amendment
Subregulation 2.1 provides that the Regulations are amended as set out in the Export Inspection and Meat (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations (Amendment).
Regulation 3 - Schedule 1 (Registration charges for non-meat establishments)
Subregulation 3.1 omits establishments associated with the processing or packing of dairy produces from Item number 5 in the schedule.
Subregulation 3.2 omits dairy products from the list of products under Item number 6 in the schedule.
Subregulation 3.3 omits dairy products from the list of products under Item number 7 in the schedule.
Subregulation 3.4 inserts the new charge category after item 10A in the schedule. The new charge will be $1,750 per annum.